The world’s largest cruise company, Miami-based Carnival Corporation & plc, today announced an order for a further three new ships. Ordered for its Carnival Cruise Line brand at Fincantieri, they will be
Late last year, San Francisco’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), the operator of the San Francisco Bay Ferry system, signed a strategic partnership agreement that will see Wärtsilä provide its fleet electrification
Austal USA celebrated groundbreaking for the company’s newest final assembly facility last week. As we reported previously, the infrastructure expansion, to the south of the shipbuilder’s current Mobile, Ala., waterfront facility will
Following sea trials and the vessel’s positioning voyage from shipbuilder Astilleros Armon, Spanish ferry operator Baleària this week put its second 1,200 passenger/425 vehicle, LNG dual-fueled fast ferry, the Margarita Salas, into
Thordon Bearings has secured an order to supply its COMPAC seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearings for installation on the two large wind assisted cruise ships that Frances Chantiers de l’Atlantique is building for
Vancouver, Wash., based vessel leasing company Tug Construction LLC reports that it is teaming up with BP in a new joint venture to provide Jones Act operators with state-of-the-art, emission-compliant tugboats for
Marine Log held its second annual Ship Repair USA conference in the French Quarter of New Orleans on June 11-12, once again attracting attendees from across the spectrum of shipyards, vessel operators,
Representatives from Bollinger Shipyards gathered Saturday, June 8, alongside senior U.S. Navy officials, at Bollinger Houma (La.) to christen the U.S. Navy’s newest towing, rescue, and salvage ship, (T-ATS) the USNS Cherokee
Singapore-headquartered Ventus Marine, a subsidiary of PSA Marine, has signed a contract with aluminum shipbuilder Strategic Marine for the construction of four BMT-designed 27-meter Z-bow hull crew transfer vessels (CTVs). In addition
For a second year in a row, the Military Sealift Command (MSC) will be hosting several presentations aimed at shipyard and ship repair yard suppliers—both OEMs and non-OEMs alike—at Marine Log’s Ship